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Tall Building Fire Safety Network
5th International Tall Building Fire Safety Conference
London
19 – 21st June 2018
Conference Programme Draft V9
Conference Sponsors:
C-TEC is the UK's largest independent
manufacturer of world-class life safety electronic
equipment with a portfolio of products that includes
conventional and addressable fire alarm systems,
fire detectors, disabled refuge systems, call systems
and hearing loop systems.
Kingspan Insulated Panels is the global leader in high-performance insulated panel and architectural
facade systems - delivering superior lifetime performance and fire protection with complete
building envelope solutions underpinned by industry-leading warranties.
Conference will be opened by Martin Shipp:
Conference will be chaired by:
John Scott, Head of Technical Services, Shard
Quarter (REM). In my role as Head of Technical
Services, I am chiefly responsible for managing
all mechanical and electrical services for Shard
Quarter, including The Shard, Western Europe
tallest building.
I have overall responsibility for managing fire
safety and the many other risks associated
with a truly ‘mixed-use’ building that
encompasses all ten user groups of the RICS
codes.
For the last 25 years, I have been based in
London, where I have held various
operational roles with blue chip clients and
high-profile, critical environments.
Mr Martin Shipp BSc (Physics) CEng FIFireE CPhys MInstP
Institution of Fire Engineers International President 2017/2018
Martin joined the Fire Research Station (part of the Building Research Establishment (BRE)) in 1974 and is Technical Development Director, Fire Safety in BRE Global.
For many years Martin managed the BRE fire investigation programme for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG, now MHCLG) and has been closely involved with the investigations into Piper Alpha, Alexandra Palace, Windsor Castle, the Channel Tunnel (1996), Atherstone on Stour, Penhallow Hotel, Newquay, and Lakanal, London, along with many others. He is currently a member of the BRE team assisting the Metropolitan Police with the Grenfell Tower fire investigation.
Conference Agenda
Tuesday 19th June 2018
Day 1 – Fire Engineering, Design and Fire Testing in Tall Buildings
Day Sponsor C-TEC
09:45 Delegates to be seated
10:00 Official opening – Martin Shipp, International President IFE
10:10 Keynote – Justin Francis, Queensland Fire Service, Australia. Churchill Fellowship Study into
Evacuation from Tall Buildings
10:50 Conor Logan, Colt - What can go wrong with Smoke Control Installations
11:20 MC Hui - Single point of failure and inter-relationship between stair pressurisation
system and evacuation strategy for tall buildings
11:50 Romain Hourqueig, WSP – Case study of lift/elevator evacuation strategy
12:20 Dr. Jim Glocking (FPA) - will discuss the latest findings from FPA research following the
Grenfell Tower Fire; The suitability of the current BS8414 test in testing external cladding, The concept of a perfect build versus the standard fitted build, Improvements in fire load of materials to aid real life scenario 12:50 Panel Discussion
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Merlyn Forrer, (GMFRS) - Fire Testing of Tall Building Façade Systems.
14:40 Tony Ryan, Kingspan Insulated Panels -
Fire Performance of Insulated Panel & Rainscreen Façade Systems
15:10 Ian Moore, FIA –
Can technology help to detect and extinguish fires in high rise buildings?
15:40 Zachary Magnone, Johnson Controls - Exterior Fire Protection for High-Rise Buildings
16:10 Etienne Ricoux, Advanced – Smoke Control
16:40 Panel Discussion
17:00 Conference Day 1 closes
Wednesday 20th June 2018
Day 2 – Fire Safety Management and Insurance in Tall Buildings
Day Sponsor Kingspan Insulated Panels
09:45 Delegates to be seated
10:00 Official opening – John Scott, The Shard
10:10 Russ Timpson - Tall Building Fire Safety Management
10:50 Gary Howe (Zurich Insurance) – Property protection principles for Tall Buildings
11:20 Stewart Kidd - Tall Building Construction Fire Safety.
11:50 Yi Wang (FM Global) - Evaluating the Fire Performance of Facade Assemblies –
comparisons and findings using ANSI/FM4880
12:20 Gary Strong (RICS) – CTBUH Fire and Façade Working Group
12:50 Panel Discussion
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Tom Gilbert (Frankhams) – Managing Buildings with high fire hazard facades
14:40 Prof. Ed Galea - Evacuation Strategies from Tall Construction Sites
15:10 Niall Rowan (ASFP) Construction Fire Compartmentation – is it possible?
15:40 Robin Metheringham (MACE) - Can We Eliminate Hot Works?
16:10 Panel Discussion
17:00 Conference Day 2 closes
Thursday 21st June 2018
Day 3 – Firefighting in Tall Buildings
Sponsor – Available
09:45 Delegates to be seated
10:00 Chair – Russ Timpson (UK)
10:10 Keynote – Curtis Massey (US) – ‘High-rise advanced operations - a moving target’
10:50 Eric Lo (Hong Kong) HKFSD - High-rise Building Firefighting Strategy and Tactics in Hong
Kong
11:20 Mark Reilly (Australia) NSWFS – Tall Building Firefighting in Sydney
11:50 John Ceriello (US) FDNY - Challenges in The High-Rise Firefight-an FDNY Perspective
12:20 Dr. Peter Wagner (Germany) – Thoughts on Tall Building Firefighting
12:50 Panel Discussion
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Keynote – Adam Course (UK) - Firefighter Safety Database
14:40 Lee Johnston (UK) - Moving to an Evidence Based Strategy
15:10 Andrew Shipley, Aspire - Evacuating people with reduced mobility from Tall Buildings
15:40 Mark Zimmerman (Simplex) – Helicopter based Tall Building Firefighting
16:10 Panel Discussion
16:45 Conference Day 3 closes
Overview of Keynote:
Curtis Massey An explosion of mega-towers and dense urban developments with multiple use components,
along with ever-evolving new-age systems and features, such as double stacked independently-driven and
“destination dispatch” elevators; wooden, 3-D printer, double-curtain wall “breathable/green” high-rise
construction; new super-tall buildings with open air “blow-through” floors and tuned-mass dampers to
counter building sway all demand a constant evaluation and revision of existing high-rise SOP/SOGs. They can
never remain stagnant. A strong focus on fighting fires in these unique buildings where complexity is
constantly increasing, along with a need to comprehend and adapt your procedures to meld into how new
systems and building features will undoubtedly impact your operations is a true must. Many old-age SOPs do
not apply to these modern structures. Curtis analyzes historical oversights and incorrect methodology, while
allowing attendees to examine key factors surrounding water supply, ventilation, elevators, redundant power
supplies, building construction, communications, air supply demand, tactics and strategy, reflex time, air
balancing/stack effect to see where best to reinforce existing techniques in order to minimize the potential of
a catastrophic high-rise fire. Multiple life-loss 2017 fires in the US and UK will also be discussed and examined.
Emphasis on what works and what doesn’t is the main driver in this cutting-edge presentation.
Speaker Profiles:
Justin Francis is a passionate operational Fire Officer of 22yrs experience,
employed by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services in Australia. He
combines a vast operational background with significant experience in
building approvals and fire safety, and together this enables Justin to provide
a unique perspective. His aim is to challenge the current approach on how we
manage emergencies in the built environment from both an operational and
building design perspective.
His presentation will give a global perspective of evolving evacuation methods
from high-rise buildings and identifying potential fire and life safety
improvements within this complex vertical world. This presentation will draw
upon research gathered as part of an Australian Winston Churchill Fellowship
conducted throughout eleven different countries. Including:
High-rise buildings – the codes, standards, design, construction and on-going
management
Occupants – how to evacuate and implement safety procedures to manage
the occupants
Incidents – analysis of previous high-rise incidents and identify the capabilities
and challenges facing firefighters
Merlyn Forrer is an operational Station Manager with Greater Manchester
Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) with 17 years of service, currently managing
Fire Safety for Manchester borough. He graduated from the University of
Central Lancashire (UCLan) with a Master’s degree in Fire Engineering
(distinction) and is a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers, FIFireE. His
research for both his Bachelors and Masters dissertations focussed on the fire
performance of externally thermally insulated cladding systems and the use of
organic polymer foams. He is the Fire and Rescue Service representative for
the National Fire Chiefs Council researching the fire performance of
Aluminium Composite Panel systems for the Department for Communities and
Local Government and the technical lead on external fire spread for the
Greater Manchester High-Rise Task Force.
Merlyn joined Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service before transferring to GMFRS in
2006, where he focussed on incident command training, working in
collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University, Centre for Critical and
Major Incident Psychology on naturalistic decision making in critical incidents
and situational awareness. He has assisted in the development of the
competency framework for fire engineering regulators following on from the
competency framework for business fire safety regulators with the Chief Fire
Officers Association.
Stewart Kidd has worked in security and fire protection since 1974. He now
combines consultancy with expert witness assignments. He is presently
advising insurers on fire safety for a number of very large construction
projects including the new Jeddah airport, the Kingdom Tower and the Al Dar
project in Khazakstan. He was the insurers’ advisor on Burj Khalifa, The Shard
and Heathrow Terminal 2 and many other major construction projects.
He is the author of eight books on fire and security topics including the
Scottish Building Standards ACOP on heritage fire safety. He has taken
instructions as an expert witness in respect of a number of major fires.
He was the Director of the Fire Protection Association from 1989 - 1997 and is
a former Governor of the Institute of Risk Management. He is a Vice President
of both the Institute of Fire Safety Managers and the Security Institute and
was elected a Chartered Security Professional in 2012. He was Secretary
General of the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association from 2000 - 2015.
This presentation reflects on experience gained in providing insurers’ fire
safety management support in several very large projects including Burj
Khalifa and the Shard. The principle lessons learnt in these and other projects
is that it is possible to manage out fires during construction work.
Using the insurers Joint Code of Practice on the protection from Fire of
Construction Sites and Buildings Undergoing Renovation the presentation will
emphasise that a properly planned construction fire programme will no only
satisfy international insurers but also assist in compliance with national
legislation such as the UK’s Construction Design and Management Regulations
2015. Consideration will also be given to the significant differences between
the Joint Code and NFPA 241 and some insurers’ standard clauses.
The presentation will also reflect on lessons learnt from other projects
including Heathrow North and the Ritz Carlton, DIFC and from construction
fires in super tall buildings worldwide.
Curtis Massey is the founder of Massey Enterprises, a leading fire/life safety firm that creates disaster pre-plans and mobile technology solutions for buildings across North America. MEI’s clients include most of the largest real estate firms and the highest profile assets throughout 70 cities. A world-renowned fire service instructor, Curtis trains many of the largest city fire departments in advanced high-rise operations. He is a 20-year veteran of the fire service, and a frequent lecturer at fire conferences and real estate organization meetings, including BOMA. Curtis was a first responder to the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11 and New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He is recognized within media circles as an authority in fire safety, and has been interviewed numerous times on TV and in print.
Tom Gilbert is a qualified Fire safety manager, 3rd party certificated Fire risk
assessor and has over 15 years’ experience in the fire safety industry. Prior to his
current role leading Frankham RMS’s fire division, Tom worked as an operational
firefighter in the royal air force, a fire safety supervisor at Goldmans Sachs
international and then headed fire risk management at Affinity Sutton Homes
Group and BB7 Fire risk and resilience. Tom has extensive experience across a
number of sectors including manufacturing, hospitality, universities, museums and
residential housing for both private and social landlords. Tom is the residential
lead on the Tall buildings fire safety network, a council member of the institute of
fire safety managers and previously chairman of the technical committee of the
National social housing Fire safety Group. Tom is passionate about the
implementation of strategic fire risk management at organisational level and is an
expert in the application of PAS7:2013 “Fire risk management system –
specification”
Adam Course Crew manager Adam Course has been at Avon Fire and Rescue
Service for 10 ½ years and has spent time studying fire-fighter fatalities and where
possible near misses. AC is currently the Leader of the IFE IGA 2016/2017 and has
been passionately pushing the theme of learning from incidents for many years
now.
Adam Course will present on a variety of common firefighter safety issues both
latent (often present for some years prior to the incident) and active (decision
based) that repetitively reappear at many firefighter fatality and near miss incidents
in the UK but not just limited to the UK.
A presentation will be given on the common failings with an update on the progress
of the firefighter safety database project which aims to help resolve one of the
major repetitive latent failings at incidents and contribute where possible to
resolving others. Adam is a RTC & heavy rescue instructor, first aid and trauma care
instructor and has worked on projects including operational risk information
gathering and pump operator training with the intention of improving operational
performance of fire-fighting crews. He holds an honours degree in Environmental
Science gained at The University of Plymouth in 2000 and is a Member of the
Institution of Fire Engineers.
Jim Glockling is the Technical Director of the Fire Protection Association. Originally
a Chemical Engineer, he did his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at the UK Atomic Energy
Authority before undertaking a post doctorate in fire extinguishing technologies.
He has worked as a university lecturer in Chemical Engineering & Fire Engineering
and as a Forensic Fire Investigator. Immediately prior to joining the FPA he was the
Associate Director of the Special Projects Group at LPC and then BRE. Jim continues
to undertake research into fire protection with his sizeable team of experts with
particular emphasis on solving high risk detection / suppression issues and has
worked extensively with the ABI, major UK insurers and the MOD. He has
responsibility for the annual UK insurer research budget which is administered
through the RISCAuthority scheme.
Niall Rowan has worked in fire since 1979 managing Exova Warringtonfire and co-
ordinating their European activities. He drafted the first 12 fire resistance test
methods for CEN and from 2007 to 2009 he was President of EGOLF, the
European organisation of fire testing laboratories and certification bodies.
In 2009 Niall became the ASFP’s Technical Officer managing the association’s technical output including the recently revised Yellow Book, Red Book and the ASFP Guide to Passive Fire Protection for Fire Risk Assessors. Since the beginning of this year he has taken over as Chief Operations Officer for the ASFP
Etienne Ricoux – Head of Sales, Advanced. Awaiting bio.
Gary Howe EngTech FIFireE MIFPO is a senior fire protection engineer with Zurich Risk Engineering. Gary's role involves the evaluation, analysis and assessment and on site testing of fixed fire protection systems including sprinkler systems, water mist, kitchen extinguishing systems, gaseous fire suppression and automatic fire detection across a broad of industrial, manufacturing, educational and commercial premises to support Customers and Insurance Underwriters.
Romain Hourqueig is the Head of UK Fire Engineering at WSP. He holds a Bachelor
of Science in Health, Safety & Environment from the University of Bordeaux, France
and a Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering (obtained with distinction) from
the University of Ulster, Belfast, UK. He is a Board member and the Secretary of the
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) for the French Chapter, member of the
SFPE USA and an Associate Member of the Institution of Fire Engineers in the UK.
Romain has developed his skills and knowledge in the UK, initially with Lawrence
Webster Forrest and subsequently with WSP UK for the initial five years of his
career. He then took on the challenge of creating the fire engineering team in Paris
at WSP France that successfully grew to five fire engineers and delivered projects
throughout Europe and beyond. Romain decided to move back to WSP in the UK on
September 2015 to now head up the UK fire engineering team.
During his 14 years of experience, Romain has gained substantial knowledge and
experience in a wide range of building types and sectors, with project deliveries
throughout the EMEA. His area of expertise particularly sits in the hospitality,
residential and commercial sectors, with a specific mention/preference for high-rise
buildings.
Capt. John P. Ceriello FDNY-Special Operations Command John is a 30 year veteran of the FDNY, he has worked in all 5 boroughs though his career. Currently assigned to rove the Rescue companies, he has spent the bulk of his time on the job in special operations. John was an integral part of the FDNY's research to combat wind impacted fires and also the research to better understand ventilation on the modern fire-ground. He is a member of Underwriters Labratories advisory panel.
Ian Moore - is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Fire Industry Association
(FIA). The FIA, with 800 member companies, is a not-for-profit trade association
with the aim of promoting the professional status of the UK fire safety industry.
Previous to this Ian was the Managing Director for 5 years at Elmdene
International in Portsmouth. Elmdene is a leading manufacturer of Electronic
Products for the Security, Access Control, CCTV and Fire Industries around the
world.
In addition, Ian was the lead project manager of the newly built Africa Nations
complex in Libya; Managing Director of Detector Technologies (D-Tec) the World
leading exponents of Video Smoke Detection; Managing Director of Intelligent
Security Ltd (ISL) being awarded the Queen’s Award for Innovation; Special
Projects Manager at Zellweger Analytics setting up a fire division; Regional
Manager UAE for Cerberus; General Manager Cerberus Taiwan; System Sales
Manager at Chubb Alarms.
Eric LO, Divisional Commander Fire Services Department, Hong Kong joined the
Fire Services Department as a Station Officer in 1991 and has since risen through
the ranks to Senior Divisional Officer. He is currently the Divisional Commander of
the South Division of the New Territories Command and serves as the Leader of the
High-rise Building Firefighting Specialists Team of the department.
An experienced firefighter, Eric has battled at the forefront of numerous high-rise
building fires in some of the most populous districts in Hong Kong. During his stint
in the New Projects Division from 1997 to 2001, he gained expertise in formulating
fire safety requirements, including those conducive to firefighting operations in
high-rise buildings.
Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Accounting and Economics from the
University of Reading, an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of London and an
LLM degree from the City University of Hong Kong. He has been a member of the
Institution of Fire Engineers (Hong Kong Branch) since 1997.
A buzzing metropolis of more than seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the
most vertical cities in the world. It is home to thousands of high-rise buildings,
among which over 310 are skyscrapers towering at least 150 metres high. At the
conference, Eric will deliver a presentation on the topic “High-rise Building
Firefighting Strategy and Tactics in Hong Kong”, in which he will share his expertise
and experience in firefighting in high-rise buildings.
M.C. Hui is the Fire Engineering Manager of BCA Logic Pty Ltd in Australia that
provides building regulation, fire safety engineering, and energy efficiency
consultancy services. He has 40 years of experience in the fire safety industry and
has been involved in developing holistic fire safety strategies and cost effective fire
engineering solutions without compromising the level of fire and life safety for a
wide range of occupancies and building types, qualitative and quantitative fire risk
assessments, fire safety audits of existing buildings, peer review of fire engineering
reports, fire resistance testing, as well as design of active fire protection systems at
the earlier stage of his career.
M.C. graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree in
mechanical engineering and attained a Master degree in Building Fire Safety and
Risk Engineering from Victoria University in Australia. He is a Chartered
Professional Fire Safety Engineer with the Institution of Engineers Australia, a
Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers, and a Member of
the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.
He is one of the founders of Society of Fire Safety, a technical learned society
under the Institution of Engineers Australia, which was established to foster
excellence in fire safety in Australia. M.C. is also a guest lecturer at Victoria
University as well as University of Western Sydney for their postgraduate fire
safety engineering courses on fire prevention, derivation of design fires and design
fire scenarios, fire safety engineering application, and fire engineering design
assessment.
Connor Logan Since joining Colt in 1987, Conor has gained extensive knowledge and experience in the design and application of: Smoke Control Systems, Pressurisations Systems, Fire Engineering Strategies , Computational Fluid Dynamics, Climate control Systems, Louvre and Solar Shading systems Previously, Conor has been Technical Manager of Colt Ventilation East Asia Pte Ltd at its formation (which grew to a £6m business in it’s first three years of trading) and has also worked as a Fire Engineering Consultant with International Fire Technology (a Colt Group Consultancy business unit). Conor has thorough and extensive experience in the design, application and performance of smoke control systems and was Chairman of the Smoke Control Association for 8 years up until Spring 2017. He has had input into various standards and is currently sitting on BSI Committees for Fire Safety, Fire Engineering and Smoke Control along with a number of European Standards Committees. As Technical Director, he has responsibility for design standards at Colt UK and represents Colt at The Smoke Control Association, The Association of Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP), and is currently contributing to their guidance on the application of Fire Curtains, to be known as their ‘Black Book’. In addition, Conor sits on the board of the Construction and Building Services
Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the HEVAC Technical
Committee and is Colt’s principal BIM facilitator.
Robin Metheringham is a Construction Health and Safety Professional with a specialism in Construction Fire Safety. Robin started his working life in the British Army, where he progressed to rank of Lance Bombardier in the Royal Horse Artillery. Upon leaving the Army Robin retrained as an excavator operator and worked in the recycling and remediation industry. Seeking further challenges and opportunities he retrained as a Health and Safety professional and joined the construction industry, first working for a Reinforced Concrete frame contractor, employed on high rise projects in London. After a short spell with a small contractor conducting refurb and fit out work Robin moved to a large residential developer, working on some of the largest Urban redevelopments in Europe and progressing to Senior H&S Manager with a team of H&S Advisors. Currently he is working for a large contractor covering major construction projects. As his career progressed Robin began to identify what he believed to be a lack detailed Fire Safety knowledge within the construction industry and the exposure to the risk that this lead to. To address this he has undertaken the ‘FPA Certificate in Applied Fire Risk Assessment’, embarked upon the CFPA European Diploma in Fire Prevention, undertook the Tall Building Fire Safety Management Course and joined the Tall Building Fire Safety Network, where he now sits on the committee and the Construction Working Group.
Tony Ryan is the Head of Fire Engineering Services for Kingspan Insulated Panels.
He is responsible for ensuring that the fire performance of Kingspan insulated
panel systems align with market requirements and is effectively communicated to
internal and external stakeholders. He has a deep understanding of international
fire tests and believes that large scale fire testing is most reliable to prevent fire
spread through building envelopes. He has a background in building services
engineering and sustainable energy technology and has also completed a Master
in Business Administration (MBA) at Manchester Business School. He has a keen
interest in fire safety & asset protection, holistic building design and sustainability.
Zach Magnone currently serves as the Sr. Mgr. of Innovation and New Ventures
for Johnson Controls Global Fire Suppression Products business. In this role, he
applies over a decade of experience in the fire protection industry to lead a team
focused on the development and promotion of cutting edge advancements in fire
protection technologies, systems, and concepts. Zach is a member of the NFPA,
SFPE, NFSA Engineering and Standards committee, sits on multiple NFPA technical
committees, and is a member of the board of advisors for the WPI Department of
Fire Protection Engineering. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from
the University of Delaware and is a licensed Fire Protection Engineer in the state of
Massachusetts.
Dr. Yi Wang is the Staff Vice President of FM Global, and the manager of the Fire
Dynamics group in the Research Division. He graduated from the Fire Protection
Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. At the
current position in FM Global, he oversees the research activities of material
flammability, fire dynamics and testing, as well as CFD fire modelling. Dr. Wang
serves on the editorial boards of Fire Safety Journal, Fire Technology, Fire and
Materials. He is also a committee member of the International Association of Fire
Safety Science (IAFSS).
Gary Strong a Chartered Building Surveyor, Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Loss
Adjuster and Chartered Building Engineer, and practised as a surveyor, building
engineer, expert witness and arbitrator for 38 years. Highlights of a successful
career are the landmark House of Lords case of Delaware Mansions (Flecksun Ltd)
–v- City of Westminster and the Heathrow Tunnel collapse project. Has spent most
of his career investigating fires and rebuilding post-fire, incorporating latest best
practice. Is particularly experienced in managing buildings in use, and
upgrading/refurbishing to modern codes.
Currently responsible for developing standards and guidance for RICS professionals
globally in 137 countries and is RICS media spokesman on technical surveying
subjects. He has appeared on many international tv channels inc BBC One Show,
BBC radio and is a regular contributor to various journals and as a presenter at
conferences. Currently consultant to BBC, consultant to the Financial Ombudsman
Service (FOS), and post Grenfell Tower is leading the RICS fire advisory group
advising government and is a member of the UK Construction Industry Council
Expert Panel.
Gary has also recently taken over as Chair of the CTBUH Fire & Facades Working
Group, and is leading the work on developing a global coalition of professional
bodies who aim to achieve International Fire Safety Standards particularly for high
rise, high risk buildings.
Dr. Peter Wagner (Fire Safety Engineer, Doctor of Technical Sciences) has been In the Berlin Fire Service since 1982 (fire fighter, shift officer, station officer, planning department, command and control center, fire and rescue academy). Memberships: German Fire Protection Association, CTIF (international Association of Fire and Rescue Services), European Fire Service Colleges Association (EFSCA), associated in FEU Fields of activities: international fire statistics, risk management, disaster management, computer simulation for master plans of fire and rescue services, curricula development for fire academies incl. higher education
Lee Johnston BA (Hons) MIFireE is a Group Manager in West Sussex Fire and
Rescue Service. Lee is a passionate advocate of using scientific research to develop
firefighting tactics and technology. For the past decade, Lee has been studying
firefighting research and tactics from around the world. He believes that an
evidence-based approach to firefighting can improve firefighter and public safety,
while also improving firefighting effectiveness and efficiency.
Lee is currently working with a number of UK fire and rescue services, and with
groups such as the National Operational Guidance Programme, the IFE, BSI, the
Netherlands Institute for Safety and NFCC UK R&D to review local and national
firefighting practices.
Russ Timpson is the founder and CEO of Horizonscan. A company focusing on risk,
resilience and client readiness for crisis events. RT began his fire career with Kent
Fire Brigade. During this time RT completed the Fire Engineering Degree Course at
South Bank University.
On leaving the Fire Service, RT took up the position of Head of Safety for Virgin
Atlantic Airways, leading a multi-disciplinary team of safety, health and
environmental specialists. Highlights included opening new airline routes to South
Africa and the Caribbean.
In 1999, RT was headhunted by BAA (UK airport operator) to lead the response to
the major fire at Terminal 1, Heathrow Airport. In the following five years, RT
contributed to several major airport construction projects; including the skyway at
Gatwick Airport and T5 at Heathrow Airport.
RT was awarded the HSE’s award for European Safety and Health at Work
achievement 1998 and European Strategic Risk Management Award 2004,
International Fire professional of the Year 2015. CIR International Risk
Management Award 2017.
Andy Shipley is a Policy Manager for the spinal injury charity Aspire. Between
2000 and 20007 Andy was the Disability Rights Commission’s built environment
policy lead. In which capacity, he sat on the Business and Community Safety
forum and as such, played an active role in the development of government
guidance on ‘Means of Escape for disabled People. Andy is also a member of the
Building Regulations Advisory Committee and sat on the working group that last
reviewed Part B. He is a member of the committee responsible for British Standard
8300, and is also a Built Environment Expert for Design council CABE. As a
Commissioner for a sustainable London 2012, Andy had oversight of the delivery
of the London Olympic and Paralympic games, to ensure they achieved the goal of
being the most accessible and inclusive games ever.
Contact conference director Russ Timpson:
Mobile: +44 07951 190576
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.tallbuildingfiresafety.com
Delegate Rates:
Early Bird Rate for Day 1 & 2, 19/20th June 2018 (available until 31st January 2018):
Fire Testing, Fire Engineering, Insurance, Management and Construction in Tall
Buildings = £695 + vat (save £200 on conference fee)
Conference Rate for Day 1 & 2, 19/20th June 2018 (available from 31st January 2018):
Fire Testing, Fire Engineering, Insurance, Management and Construction in Tall
Buildings = £895 + vat
Early Bird Rate for Day 3, 21st June 2018 (available until 31st January 2018):
Firefighting in Tall Buildings = £295 + vat (save £100 on conference fee)
Conference Rate for Day 3, 21st June 2018 (available from 31st January 2018):
Firefighting in Tall Buildings = £395 + vat
Serving Firefighter (UK and International) Conference Rate for Day 3, 21st June 2018
Firefighting in Tall Buildings = £95 + vat
Delegate fee includes: VIP entrance to FIREX, sponsored lunches, Conference, IFE
CPD cert
How to book and pay:
Book via email: [email protected]
Pay via: Invoice or BACS transfer
Press enquiries: Tall Building Fire Safety, Russ Timpson tel: +44 07951 190576
web: www.tallbuildingfiresafety.com
Delegate Joining Instructions:
Key Points –
• The conference will take place at Excel, conference centre London
• Dress code is smart casual (it may be hot – so dress comfortably and bring a bottle of water)
• You do not need a ticket – you will be checked in at conference reception
• Delegate lunches will be served each day. Other food is available at
several kiosks and restaurants within the FIREX exhibition area when we break for lunch. Please note that there is no mid-morning or mid-
afternoon tea breaks (in order to get maximum content in).
• Bring plenty of business cards for networking
• Copies of the powerpoint presentations will be circulated after the
conference (where permission has been given)
• Given current security threat, please bring some form of Photo ID
How to get to Excel:
Use link: https://www.excel.london/visitor/getting-here
Nearest Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Stations – Custom House
Underground – Jubilee line to Canning Town and change onto DLR
Emirates Airline Cable Car – Join at North Greenwich tube station (All exhibitors and visitors to shows at ExCeL can use the cable car for just £2.50 single fare - to redeem this exclusive discount, all you need to do is show a confirmation email/ticket etc (please use a copy of this programme) - something that indicates that you are attending an ExCeL event - to the staff at the Emirates Airline terminals.)
General visitor information: https://www.excel.london/visit
Where is the conference Registration?
Reception is located on the Waterside entrance of Excel (see diagram)
Contact conference director Russ Timpson: Office: +44 01304 806873 Mobile: +44 07951 190576
Excel Conference &
Exhibition Centre
Main Entrances
Conference Reception is located
here on Waterside of Excel – side
entrance
Custom House DLR
Station
